Saturday, January 3, 2015
Overcast and cool. 20�F. 2-4 mph. 11 participants.
binoculars and child
        Happy New Year!
It's a new year and we have a new name. After 26 years as a Wild Bird Center franchisee, we are now Wild Bird Company of Boulder - fully independent and still family-owned and operated by Steve and Julie Frye. With our new name and branding, we will continue to offer you even more choices of quality backyard bird seed & suet, equipment, optics, and supplies. And, of course, the same friendly and knowledgeable staff.

We will be sending you an announcement of our completely redesigned Wild Bird Company Website and Online Shopping Site during the first Quarter of 2015. In the meantime our store and current Website remain open as usual, so visit us soon at the same location with the same phone (303) 442-1322 and email address steve@wbcboulder.com.

Thanks for all of your support!  We look forward to seeing you and hearing about your latest birding experiences.     --Steve
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Saturday, January 3, 2015 Bird Walk
The first bird walk of the New Year! It was great to get out there and see some good birds before the snow flew. We did see one sad sight this morning, a coyote with a bad case of mange. It won't survive too much longer. We always see examples every week of how bitter-sweet life can be and how that makes life rich. You won't, however, see an image of this coyote in the slide show.

View our Regular Saturday, December 27, 2014 Bird Walk 

Green Mountain Cemetery: 
Dec Jan 3, 2015 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
20 species (+3 other taxa)

Red-tailed Hawk  2
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Great Horned Owl  1, thanks to the blue jays for finding it
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
Blue Jay  3
Black-billed Magpie  3
American Crow  1
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Mountain Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Townsend's Solitaire  1
American Robin  10
European Starling  30
Dark-eyed Junco  6
    Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  1
    Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)  4
    Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)  3
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  4

Boulder Creek at 75th St.:
Jan 3, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
21 species

Canada Goose  200
Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  6
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1, see Bird of the Day
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Ring-billed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-billed Magpie  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  2
European Starling  12
Song Sparrow  1
House Finch  2     

 

Total species seen:  30
 Note: Species in bold are birds that were special on the walk for
 reasons like a great view, out-of-season, great numbers, or rarity.
birders
Every Saturday Morning

  - From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am -

    Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder

      1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301 

       (303) 442-1322   

 

Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required.  Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later.  Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk. All ages and birding abilities are welcome!

 

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--Thanks, Steve


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Bird of the Day
January 3, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk
 
Sharp-Shinned Hawk     
�Kevin Rutherford
  Sharp-Shinned Hawk   

This bird gets its funny name from a raised ridge on its tarsus which looks like where our shin would be. It belongs to a group of hawks called the accipiters which are mostly forest dwelling, bird eating hawks. They have short broad wings for fast acceleration and maneuverability and a long rudder of a tail to help make quick changes in direction. These attributes help them chase after and catch birds in flight. They are a fairly common visitor to backyards where they pursue small birds attracted to feeders.            

  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds 
Birdfellow  
 
Youtube Video by SmithsonianMBC    
Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Project FeederWatch   
    
Great-Horned Owl  
�Kevin Rutherford
 

Northern Flicker 
�Kevin Rutherford
Belted Kingfisher 
�Kevin Rutherford
 
Red-Tailed Hawks
�Steve Frye  

Mallards
�Steve Frye